Project News - Fiji

CALL TO ACTION!: 09 November 2007; Are you a confident, enthusiastic person committed to conservation with a passion for Coral Cay? We are looking for volunteers to help spread the word about CCC in their local areas AROUND THE GLOBE! Main Activities include: Get your...
Report: Hematocrit Change in Tropical Scuba Divers: 15 January 2007; A study has been published on the "Hematocrit Change in Tropical Scuba Divers" by a former CCC Medical Officer. Simon Williams pursued the small research project, looking into the dehydration of divers while on the Fiji expedition in 2004. With...
Change in FCO travel advice for Fiji and the CCC Expedition: 20 November 2006; On Monday 27th November 2006 at 1603 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office changed their travel advisory to read: We advise against all but essential travel to Fiji because of increasing tensions in the relationship between the Government of Fiji and...
Special Offer: Free Rescue Diver Course worth over £250: 12 October 2006; Sign up today for a CCC expedition starting before March 2007, and you will receive a Free Rescue Diver Course worth over £250! We currently have a number of limited spaces left on our marine conservation projects for November...
Revised expedition durations for Fiji: 06 August 2006; Due to limited transportation to and from our site at Dravuni, and with the closure of our satellite project at Tokoriki as of November 2006 it has been necessary to revise expedition durations to Fiji. This is to ensure that...
Composting Toilet System: 29 June 2006; The composting toilet system is ideal for use by the Pacific Island community. It requires no water and produces valuable fertiliser from human waste. The toilet described in this article was built in 2006 on the island of Dravuni in the Fiji Islands by members of Coral Cay Conservation along with people from the village of Dravuni.
My Fiji Experience by Johann Wilsker, Science Officer: 30 May 2006; Just a quicky to say hi and thank you for the time you gave me on Dravuni. I'm now back in good old Suva trying to come to terms with reality. These last 4 months have been amazing. I've...
Celebrate Dive In To Earth Day: 05 April 2006; Dive In To Earth Day is an international Earth Day celebration that promotes the active conservation of coral reefs, oceans, and aquatic ecosystems, and raises public awareness of the importance of marine conservation. The vast majority of Earth Day events...
Mamanuca Environment Society E-newsletter: 01 February 2006; Sa cola vina riki and Welcome to this new Mamanuca Environment Society Update. It has been a while ever since our last newsletter was sent out, and while I take this opportunity to extend my apologies for the delay, may...
The Southern Mamanucas: 11 January 2006; CCC's survey work in the Southern Mamanucas is soon to come to a completion. To maximize the benefit to Fiji as a Nation, we have been requested to move to a new location by the Ministry of Tourism. This will...
Fiji Marine Science Update: 06 October 2005; This report comes from a recent visit made to CCC's Fiji operations by James Comley (CCC Director of Marine Science) during August and September 2005. It is split into activities by geographic region and includes a report of a presentation given at the National Tourism Council Meeting held on the 25th of August and CCC's third annual review held in Nadi on the 15th of September.
New Fiji Project to Open: 06 September 2005; CCC is soon to open a new marine base at the world famous Tokoriki Island Resort. CCC’s presence in Fiji stemmed from the severe coral bleaching event of 2000 in which more than 50% of corals within the Mamanuca Island...
CCC in Kadavu, Fiji: 01 September 2005; A few months ago a small voluntary staff team from CCC were invited by The Department of Fisheries within the Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry Suva and IAS (Institute of Applied Science) of the University of the South Pacific, to...
My Second CCC Expedition: 15 July 2005; We've recently returned from a 4-week expedition to Fiji. Last time I went on a CCC expedition was 5.5 years ago when I was young, free & single, this time it was with my husband who had put up with...
June Update - Fiji Marine Project: 25 June 2005; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a six-year project (2002-2008) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
The Prince's Visit to the Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project: 10 May 2005; Copyright 2005 Coral Cay Conservation. No use without permission. Contact tb@coralcay.org On the 11th March 2005, Coral Cay Conservation was delighted and honoured to receive His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to our project base on Qalito Island,...
CCC Career Break- Dolphins spotted on M25....: 05 April 2005; "Lets start with the facts. I'm currently on an island called Qalito in the Mamanuca archipelago off the west coast of Fiji in the South Pacific. I've been here for three months. Prior to here I was on a small...
April Update - Fiji Marine Project: 01 April 2005; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a six-year project (2002-2008) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
March Update - Fiji Marine Project: 31 March 2005; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a six-year project (2002-2008) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
CCC Photographer of the Year 2004: 30 March 2005; In 2004 CCC ran the photographer of the Year Competition. Here are the winning entries.
Manamuca Environment Society Newsletter: 30 March 2005; HRH Visits Mamanucas The Class 7 students of Malolo District School were over the moon on Friday, March 11, when they had the once in a lifetime opportunity to meet and chat with the Prince of Wales. The students knew...
Fiji Project MOU Extended: 05 March 2005; CCC has extended its MOU with the Ministry of Tourism (Government of the Fiji Islands) for another three years. Whilst the majority of the terms of our previous MOU remain, this extension is not area specific and allows CCC to...
PRESS RELEASE: PRINCE CHARLES TO VISIT CCC FIJI: 04 March 2005; His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will visit the British coral reef conservation group, Coral Cay Conservation, during his two-day visit to Fiji next week. CCC's presence in Fiji stemmed from the severe coral bleaching event of 2000 in...
MES Newsletter - Feb Issue: 10 February 2005; MES Welcomes Qauqau! The Mamanuca Environment Society has started off 2005 with new ideas and a fresh face! The MES has hired a new Project Manager, Alifereti Qauqau. Alifereti comes from Naviti Island in the Yasawa group and is very...
February Update - Fiji Marine Project 2005: 01 February 2005; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a six-year project (2002-2008) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Additions to the website: January 9th 2005: 09 January 2005; The 2005 expedition brochure, the CCC Trust brochure and the 2nd Annual Report for Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project are available to download from the website.
Volunteer - Fiji Marine Project: 05 January 2005; Reef relief Thousands of UK volunteers pay to work on conservation projects around the world every year. Is it worth it? A project in Fiji has recently shown just how effective this 'free' manpower can be. As they are called...
Volunteer, Fiji Marine Conservation Project, July-Aug 2003: 05 January 2005; Why save the reefs? Because they support more than a third of all known fish species? Because they are a crucial source of food and income to some of the world's poorest nations? There are a million scientific and economic...
Volunteer - Fiji Marine Project: 05 January 2005; My Leaving-Speech-Poem I've been here for two months now, though it feels like a week, And at the end of one's stay, they're always asked to speak, So instead of a speech at the end of my time, I've written...
Project update - Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project - January 2005: 01 January 2005; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Manamuca Environment Society Newsletter: 20 December 2004; News from Fiji: Yanuya School's Prize-giving and Years End Program; Heliopora coerulea the rare Blue Coral near Tokoriki; Coral Cay Conservation End of Year Two-Marine Protected Area Recommendations; Update on Mamanuca Dive Operators Reef Check Network.
Expedition Leader: 22 October 2004; 1. What does the Expedition Leader job involve? Longer term strategic planning for Expedition sites is the remit of the directors in London, with input from the field staff. To be honest my primary focus is to keep the operation...
Project update - Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project - October 2004: 01 October 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project - September 2004: 01 September 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - August 2004: 01 August 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Expedition Leader: Fiji Reef Conservation Project - Paradise Lost: 26 July 2004; Having spent the last 8 months as Project Scientist on the Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project, I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to volunteer for Coral Cay Conservation without developing a close affinity with the organisation....
Scuba Instructor: Fiji Reef Conservation Project: 22 July 2004; Today is the first day in my 3rd dive trainee week. There are nine dive trainees - one is ill and two do not have medical clearance to dive - so I have 6 students beginning the confined water component...
Science Officer and Scuba Instructor: Fiji Reef Conservation Project: 22 July 2004; After a winter of teaching diving in Britain's murky cold waters the prospect of exchanging my drysuit and thermals for a 3mm wetsuit and bikini in tropical Fiji was too good to be true. But I was on my way...
Medical Officer- Fiji Reef Conservation Project: 11 July 2004; A sleepness night as I consider the surgical options for remedying Sam's snoring. To be honest I'm keeping my ears pricked for the phone - I saw a 5 year old girl at the resort earlier in the evening -dehydrated,...
Project Scientist: Fiji Reef Conservation Project: 11 July 2004; BIRTH This was where it all started. After 26 hours cocooned in the relative quiet and safety of a jet plane, being fed and entertained and generally looked after, I was pushed out to take my first lungfuls of steamy...
Expedition Leader: Fiji Reef Conservation Project: 10 July 2004; Someone is screaming out just off the reef... "I'm dying... Save me"! Pete casually looks up and out over the flat calm then resets his attention to his drilling. The boat driver sits supping sweet tea while Kate heckles from...
Project update - Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project - July 2004: 01 July 2004; July 2004 Project Update for the Fiji Reef Conservation Project (FJ1), written by the CCC Project Scientist.
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - June 2004: 01 June 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - May 2004: 01 May 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Review of Fiji Expedition by Lucy Misch: 18 April 2004; People often ask me which was the best part of my gap year. I tell them that Fiji was the most intense and amazing experience I had. Why? Because I learnt how to recognise and talk about every species in...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - April 2004: 01 April 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - March 2004: 01 March 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - February 2004: 01 February 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Project update - Fiji Reef Conservation Project - January 2004: 01 January 2004; Project Brief Aim The Fiji Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year project (2002-2005) to survey coral reefs of the Mamanuca Islands, the Yasawa Islands and other areas of Fiji. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local...
Community Action in Fiji: 19 July 2003; A crucial part of the Fiji Reef Conservation Project is establishing strong working partnerships with different elements of the local community. Marine Ecology Workshop Marine ecology workshops are designed for diving professionals working in the Mamanuca Islands. The workshops consist...
An introduction to CCC Fiji: 15 March 2003; Presented to the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), by James Comley (Director of Marine Science). Coral Cay Conservation is a not-for-profit organisation whose stated aims are to provide resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection,...
South Sea Cruises Shows Commitment To Conservation: 05 January 2003; South Sea Cruises are the owners and operators of Tiger VI a high-speed catamaran based in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji. Tiger VI offers a transfer service for tourists wishing to visit the island resorts of Treasure, Castaway, Mana, Malolo,...
International Beach and Underwater Cleanup Day: 17 December 2002; September 21st 2002 was International Beach and Underwater Cleanup Day. Sponsored by PADI Project AWARE, more than 30 countries throughout PADI International Limited's service territory got involved. Thousands of dedicated Volunteers helped to collect rubbish from the sea, rivers, lakes...
CCC statement on the implications of coral harvesting in the Mamanuca Islands, Fiji: 15 December 2002; By Peter Raines, Founder & Managing Director, Coral Cay Conservation Introduction The parlous state of the environment and the need for sustainable development has recently been brought to light at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (www.johannesburgsummit.org). Coral...
Sarah's Fiji marine expedition diary: 15 September 2002; Sarah's diary contributed to the "work based learning" element of her Environmental Science Masters degree. She gives a highly factual and detailed account of her Expedition Experience in Fiji- from sighting her first white tip reef shark to the frustrations of being unable to dive during bad weather.

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